Life Summary - Frederick David (Fred) McCarthy - Australian Dictionary of Biography

McCarthy, Frederick David (Fred) (1905–1997)

	McCarthy, Frederick David (Fred) (1905–1997)
Born	13 August, 1905 Petersham, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Died	18 November, 1997 (aged 92) Mona Vale, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Related Entries [View as tree]	McCarthy, Elsie (wife) Anderson, Charles (work colleague) Mountford, Charles Pearcy (work colleague) Elkin, Adolphus Peter (teacher) Tindale, Norman Barnett (related entry)
Education*	Annandale Junior Technical School (Sydney) (student) University of Sydney (student, 1935-1935)
Occupation*	librarian (1920-1932) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1920-1971) New South Wales, Australia anthropologist (1930-1997) New South Wales, Australia archaeologist (1930-1997) New South Wales, Australia heritage conservationist (1932-1997) New South Wales, Australia museum curator (1932-1964) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events*	American-Australian Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition (1948) (participant)
Key Organisations*	Anthropological Society of New South Wales (member, 1930-1997) Royal Society of New South Wales (president, 1956-1956) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1990-1997)
Workplaces*	Australian Museum (Sydney) (librarian, 1920-1932) Australian Museum (Sydney) (curator, 1932-1964) Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (principal, 1964-1971)

* Dates are approximate